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MJG196 wrote:
100% agree from a USA perspective.

Let's get something clear here, though. I don't know if this was touched on in another page of this thread, but no matter how good your turntable is, it comes down to your AMP and SPEAKERS. I can have a $10,000 turntable (yes, they exist), but if I have a sub-par amplifier and lousy speakers it is going to sound like shit.

Seek out the November 2001 Rolling Stone Magazine (w/ Alicia Keys on the cover) for a fantastic article titled, "The Budget Audiophile." It'll get your blood pumping about picking up some new (old) gear. Like bleach, I have been using the same gear for years and have never felt the urge to update.

I agree 100% as well. Same gear for years here too...

MJG196 wrote:Let's get something clear here, though. I don't know if this was touched on in another page of this thread, but no matter how good your turntable is, it comes down to your AMP and SPEAKERS. I can have a $10,000 turntable (yes, they exist), but if I have a sub-par amplifier and lousy speakers it is going to sound like shit.

Seek out the November 2001 Rolling Stone Magazine (w/ Alicia Keys on the cover) for a fantastic article titled, "The Budget Audiophile." It'll get your blood pumping about picking up some new (old) gear. Like bleach, I have been using the same gear for years and have never felt the urge to update.

There's another school of thought that says if the turntable (or cd) cannot reproduce a good clear signal with low wow and flutter, rumble etc etc then the amp and speakers cannot make it sound good. More recently using a programmer's jargon it's called shit in = shit out. Of course a balance is needed and the turntable should be a reasonable proportion of the whole. It used to be something like 40%, 30%, 30% (turntable/pickup, amp, speakers). That 'ideal' ratio must have changed since Rega rethought the whole turntable design approach, making it cheaper whilst retaining good reproduction.

i agree, once you have a good system it lasts for years. Buying an s/h classic turntable can be both good and bad depending on its setup and care and maintenance.

I found the RS article here:
http://deluxedonut.com/?p=122

I heard a pair of BBC spec speakers at a friends house and they were wonderful.

A quick search on eBay lets me see my idea of budget is not the same as theirs...

rob

Anyone got any more reviews of this set it does sound fantastic esp the added "warmth" ?100 is rather a lot but Fathers day approaches!! Anyone got tips on where to get this for the cheapest price in the UK??

iaredatsun wrote:There's another school of thought that says if the turntable (or cd) cannot reproduce a good clear signal with low wow and flutter, rumble etc etc then the amp and speakers cannot make it sound good. More recently using a programmer's jargon it's called shit in = shit out.

Oh, absolutely. It all starts with the source, and you can either reproduce the recorded sound or just shit out a bunch of tinny crap!